Re: DNS records question

[Roy Hatcher <rhatcher () PITTSTATE EDU>]

This piqued my curiosity as well.

http://www.phillipsnizer.com/library/internetlib_subject.cfm?TopicID=37

Most of these cases have more to do with trademark infringement or slander, but
dns redirection does come up as well, especially in the case of Ford Motors vs.
2600. It seems the general legal trend is to rule in favor of the defendant in a
case where a plaintiff is trying to stop a redirect.


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Roy Hatcher
Systems Administrator
Pittsburg State University
620.235.4071
rhatcher () pittstate edu


Flagg, Martin D. wrote:
> They were using to host a file sharing server locally trying to make it
> seem it was external.
>
> The DNS redirect did not cause a problem, and I have done this often
> myself.  However, I always had permission.  The question was more a
> curiosity as we would not take legal action anyways.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Amesbury [mailto:amesbury () OITSEC UMN EDU]
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 1:16 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] DNS records question
>
> Flagg, Martin D. wrote:
>
>
> > Does anyone know if it is illegal to register a DNS name that points
> > to one of the address's owned by the College?
> >
> > I have a student who registered a DNS name and set it to point to his
> > own server inside of our campus.  It is against our Acceptable Use
> > Policy, but is it legal?
>
>
> No, I'm not a lawyer, so this isn't legal advice.  However, I know of no
> reason why setting one's own DNS to point at another address is against
> the law.  It's quite common.
>
> Out of curiousity, is this causing you some sort of problem?
>
>
> --
> Alan Amesbury
> University of Minnesota